Best Picture Winner
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Best Picture
Director: David Lean
Studio: Columbia
British POWs in Burma are forced to build a railway bridge for their Japanese captors, with unforeseen consequences.
All Categories (25)
Best Motion Picture
The Bridge on the River Kwai— Sam Spiegel, Producer
Winner
12 Angry Men— Henry Fonda and Reginald Rose, Producers
Peyton Place— Jerry Wald, Producer
Sayonara— William Goetz, Producer
Witness for the Prosecution— Arthur Hornblow, Jr., Producer
Actor
Anthony Franciosa— A Hatful of Rain {"Polo"}
Anthony Quinn— Wild Is the Wind {"Gino"}
Charles Laughton— Witness for the Prosecution {"Sir Wilfrid Robarts"}
Marlon Brando— Sayonara {"Major Lloyd Gruver"}
Actor In A Supporting Role
Arthur Kennedy— Peyton Place {"Lucas Cross"}
Russ Tamblyn— Peyton Place {"Norman Page"}
Sessue Hayakawa— The Bridge on the River Kwai {"Saito"}
Vittorio De Sica— A Farewell to Arms {"Major Alessandro Rinaldi"}
Actress
Anna Magnani— Wild Is the Wind {"Gioia"}
Deborah Kerr— Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison {"Sister Angela"}
Elizabeth Taylor— Raintree County {"Susanna Drake"}
Lana Turner— Peyton Place {"Constance MacKenzie"}
Actress In A Supporting Role
Carolyn Jones— The Bachelor Party {"The Existentialist"}
Diane Varsi— Peyton Place {"Allison MacKenzie"}
Elsa Lanchester— Witness for the Prosecution {"Miss Plimsoll"}
Hope Lange— Peyton Place {"Selena Cross"}
Directing
12 Angry Men— Sidney Lumet
Peyton Place— Mark Robson
Sayonara— Joshua Logan
Witness for the Prosecution— Billy Wilder
Writing (Screenplay Based On Material From Another Medium)
The Bridge on the River Kwai— Michael Wilson, Carl Foreman, Pierre Boulle
Winner
Though Pierre Boulle received official screen credit, it was commonly known that blacklisted writers, Michael Wilson and Carl Foreman, wrote the screenplay based on Mr. Boulle's novel (translated from the French). The Board of Governors, on December 11, 1984, voted posthumous Oscars to Wilson and Foreman and Academy records have been updated.
12 Angry Men— Reginald Rose
Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison— John Lee Mahin, John Huston
Peyton Place— John Michael Hayes
Sayonara— Paul Osborn
Writing (Story And Screenplay--Written Directly For The Screen)
Designing Woman— George Wells
Winner
Funny Face— Leonard Gershe
Man of a Thousand Faces— Story by Ralph Wheelwright; Screenplay by R. Wright Campbell, Ivan Goff, Ben Roberts
The Tin Star— Story by Barney Slater, Joel Kane; Screenplay by Dudley Nichols
Vitelloni— Story by Federico Fellini, Ennio Flaiano, Tullio Pinelli; Screenplay by Federico Fellini, Ennio Flaiano
Cinematography
The Bridge on the River Kwai— Jack Hildyard
Winner
An Affair to Remember— Milton Krasner
Funny Face— Ray June
Peyton Place— William Mellor
Sayonara— Ellsworth Fredricks
Music (Scoring)
The Bridge on the River Kwai— Malcolm Arnold
Winner
An Affair to Remember— Hugo Friedhofer
Boy on a Dolphin— Hugo Friedhofer
Perri— Paul Smith
Raintree County— Johnny Green
Art Direction
Sayonara— Art Direction: Ted Haworth; Set Decoration: Robert Priestley
Winner
Funny Face— Art Direction: Hal Pereira, George W. Davis; Set Decoration: Sam Comer, Ray Moyer
Les Girls— Art Direction: William A. Horning, Gene Allen; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, Richard Pefferle
Pal Joey— Art Direction: Walter Holscher; Set Decoration: William Kiernan, Louis Diage
Raintree County— Art Direction: William A. Horning, Urie McCleary; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, Hugh Hunt
Special Effects
The Enemy Below— Audible Effects by Walter Rossi
Winner
The Spirit of St. Louis— Visual Effects by Louis Lichtenfield
Film Editing
The Bridge on the River Kwai— Peter Taylor
Winner
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral— Warren Low
Pal Joey— Viola Lawrence, Jerome Thoms
Sayonara— Arthur P. Schmidt, Philip W. Anderson
Witness for the Prosecution— Daniel Mandell
Sound Recording
Sayonara— Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department, George Groves, Sound Director
Winner
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral— Paramount Studio Sound Department, George Dutton, Sound Director
Les Girls— Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department, Dr. Wesley C. Miller, Sound Director
Pal Joey— Columbia Studio Sound Department, John P. Livadary, Sound Director
Witness for the Prosecution— Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department, Gordon E. Sawyer, Sound Director
Costume Design
Les Girls— Orry-Kelly
Winner
An Affair to Remember— Charles LeMaire
Funny Face— Edith Head, Hubert de Givenchy
Pal Joey— Jean Louis
Raintree County— Walter Plunkett
Documentary (Feature)
Albert Schweitzer— Jerome Hill, Producer
Winner
On the Bowery— Lionel Rogosin, Producer
Torero!— Manuel Barbachano Ponce, Producer
Foreign Language Film
The Nights of Cabiria— Italy
Winner
Gates of Paris— France
Mother India— India
Nine Lives— Norway
The Devil Came at Night— West Germany
Honorary Award
To Charles Brackett for outstanding service to the Academy.
Winner
To B.B. Kahane for distinguished service to the motion picture industry.
To Gilbert M. ("Broncho Billy") Anderson, motion picture pioneer, for his contributions to the development of motion pictures as entertainment.
To The Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers for their contributions to the advancement of the motion picture industry.
Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
Samuel Goldwyn
Winner
Scientific Or Technical Award (Class I)
To the TODD-AO CORP. and WESTREX CORP. for developing a method of producing and exhibiting wide-film motion pictures known as the Todd-AO System. [Systems]
Winner
To THE MOTION PICTURE RESEARCH COUNCIL for the design and development of a high efficiency projection screen for drive-in theatres. [Projection]
Scientific Or Technical Award (Class II)
To the SOCIÉTÉ D'OPTIQUE ET DE MECANIQUE DE HAUTE PRECISION for the development of a high speed vari-focal photographic lens. [Lenses and Filters]
Winner
To HARLAN L. BAUMBACH, LORAND WARGO, HOWARD M. LITTLE and the UNICORN ENGINEERING CORP. for the development of an Automatic Printer Light Selector. [Laboratory]
Scientific Or Technical Award (Class III)
To CHARLES E. SUTTER, WILLIAM B. SMITH, PARAMOUNT PICTURES CORP. and GENERAL CABLE CORP. for the engineering and application to studio use of aluminum lightweight electrical cable and connectors. [Stage Operations]
Winner
Music (Song)
"All The Way" from The Joker Is Wild— Music by James Van Heusen; Lyrics by Sammy Cahn
Winner
"An Affair To Remember" from An Affair to Remember— Music by Harry Warren; Lyrics by Harold Adamson and Leo McCarey
"April Love" from April Love— Music by Sammy Fain; Lyrics by Paul Francis Webster
"Tammy" from Tammy and the Bachelor— Music and Lyrics by Ray Evans and Jay Livingston
"Wild Is The Wind" from Wild Is the Wind— Music by Dimitri Tiomkin; Lyrics by Ned Washington
Short Subject (Cartoon)
Birds Anonymous— Edward Selzer, Producer
Winner
One Droopy Knight— William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, Producers
Tabasco Road— Edward Selzer, Producer
The Truth about Mother Goose— Walt Disney, Producer
Trees and Jamaica Daddy— Stephen Bosustow, Producer
Short Subject (Live Action)
The Wetback Hound— Larry Lansburgh, Producer
Winner
A Chairy Tale— Norman McLaren, Producer
City of Gold— Tom Daly, Producer
Foothold on Antarctica— James Carr, Producer
Portugal— Ben Sharpsteen, Producer